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More military equipment is coming to Donbas from Russia, whereas Russian Armed Forces servicemen are being rotated in Ukraine. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The situation in the anti-terrorist...

The EU will transfer EUR 500 million as macro-financial assistance to Ukraine next month. EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said this at a meeting with the business community in Kyiv on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported. It is expected that the European Union will give Ukraine 500...

Another convoy of tanks, KamAZ trucks and Tigr vehicles has entered Ukraine from Russia. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday. “A military convoy of 11 tanks, two Tigr vehicles and four KamAZ trucks, as well as eight artillery...

Ukraine is not controlling a 409.3-kilometer-long section of the state border with Russia, which passes through the territories temporarily controlled by bandit groups. Chairman of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Viktor Nazarenko, said this at a press conference at Ukrinform on Friday. “We currently do not control...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called on the country’s media representatives to follow the recommendations of the ministry and respect the rules of Azerbaijan regarding visits to Nagorno-Karabakh. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis stated this while commenting on the note sent from the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine...

The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to shell Ukrainian army positions. The map that reflects the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on November 28 has been released by the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council.

The Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry on November 28 stops the financial and business activity of its state enterprises located in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. A respective decision is stipulated in ministry order No. 841. According to the order, from November 28, 2014, the ministry stops the production...

The Sejm of Poland on Friday ratified Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the EU, Ukrinform’s correspondent in Poland has reported. “As many as 427 deputies voted for the adoption of the document, one voted against it, and no one abstained,” Marshal of the Sejm Radoslaw Sikorski said. After ratification by parliament the...

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has held a telephone conversation with newly appointed Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk. The press service of the Russian government reported this on Thursday, according to TASS. “Medvedev and Yatseniuk discussed financial and economic cooperation between the two countries,” the report...